Re: Merchandize Security


"Saga" <antiSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> The technology is called RFID. Google this for more info, or visit here:
>
> http://www.aimglobal.org/technologies/rfid/
>
> From what I have seen, at this time the security consists of the beep
> going off if the rfid tag has not been disabled.Most cash registers have
> a
> pad that emits magnetic waves that "burn" the tag, completely disabling
> it.
> No connection to any POS system actually exists, but as a technology,
> RFID
> does allow for this. When the tag is hit with a radio wave (emitted by
> the
> pylons) it transmits an id. For now this id is only used internally by
> the pylons.
> Normally, if the id is returned (any id) the pylon sounds off the alarm.
>
> In the future though, the idea is for the tag to transmit other
> information and
> have the receiving end hooked up to an inventory system (or POS) so that
> the item can be "processed" further as needed.
>
> This present a whle new paradign and controversy, but I would
> digress<g>.
>
> Again, I have not seen any rfid tags doing this yet.
>
> HTH
> Saga

Saga,

Where I live those RFID tags are already used for slightly more than just
store-exit detection. If I pop into my local Tesco and take a box of
Gillette Mach III blades off the shelf, the RFID chip built into the plastic
cover will have me followed right round the store, pace by pace. Apparently
it's a "security" measure (on the basis that an organized criminal would
smash the virtally indescructible platic cover off a bunch of safety razors
in order to rob a till with a couple of used notes in it, or something) and
some shops are planning to extend this outside their premises. Next, in
particular, said they planned to be able to track their goods (in *your*
legal posession) right the way to your home. And little black boxes seem to
be springing up on every other lamp-post...

Frankly, RFID scares me. They should have just stuck with those little
magnetic coils.

Cheers,

Tony.


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